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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Ocean current changes are coming for us all.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

A current not going to Europe will get their attention

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe focus on the Gulf Stream collapse instead

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

It's related. Warming ocean temperatures are amplifying the hurricanes and destabilizing currents like the Gulf Stream - both symptoms of the same problem.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What does it mean about the broader* global warming issue?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Good luck with your impending ice age.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Considering that it's the fact that it even exists right now is the concerning part, yes.
The earth is a closed system, just because there's a very early hurricane half a world away doesn't mean the climate isn't being effected everywhere.
For you this could mean an increased amount of warm water moving in through the Gulf stream to the North Atlantic. This will bring warmer waters to the coastal regions of Europe increasing the severity of storms there, until that warmer water causes the Gulf stream to completely collapse plunging Europe into an early ice age.
The weather where this hurricane is does directly affect you where you live.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Nope. Don't need to worry about copious amounts of water raining down, just the water wars.